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    Aftermarket valve cover gasket for 1981 GS1100E

    I ordered a valve cover gasket from gasketmax (the black gasket in the photo below) on ebay but it is .48mm thick while the OEM NOS gasket (I managed to find one) is 1.15mm thick. After reading about the problems with the tach gears and the Real silicone gasket I'm thinking I really need to find an aftermarket gasket that is the correct thickness as well as the correct fit/hole alignment when I adjust the valves again in the future. Does anyone know of an aftermarket gasket provider with the correct thickness for P/N 11173-49207-H17 (20 bolt pattern)?

    gaskets by Chuck Jones, on Flickr

    Here is the visual thickness comparison:

    PXL_20230420_230140212 by Chuck Jones, on Flickr


    #2
    Why do you want an aftermarket gasket, when OEM is only $22?
    Ed

    To measure is to know.

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      #3
      Planning ahead for when the NOS supply disappears. I am going to attempt to re-use the gasket I pulled off first using a thin layer of Permatex Ultra Black but if that doesn't work I'll use the OEM gasket I just got and hope to re-use that a few times.

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        #4
        Use two Gasketmax? Is that possible? With or without the TINIEST bit of goo between them?
        1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red

        2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.

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